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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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